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Users’ experiences of enhancing underwater images: An empirical study (2021)
Journal Article
Emberton, S., & Simons, C. (2021). Users’ experiences of enhancing underwater images: An empirical study. Quality and User Experience, 7(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41233-021-00048-3

Within the worldwide diving community, underwater photography is becoming increasingly popular. However, the marine environment presents certain challenges for image capture, with resulting imagery often suffering from colour distortions, low contras... Read More about Users’ experiences of enhancing underwater images: An empirical study.

Aeroelastic damping estimation for a flexible high-aspect-ratio wing (2021)
Journal Article
Tsatsas, I., Pontillo, A., & Lone, M. (2022). Aeroelastic damping estimation for a flexible high-aspect-ratio wing. Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 35(2), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29AS.1943-5525.0001390

Estimation of aeroelastic damping for a very flexible high-aspect-ratio wing using wind-tunnel test data is presented in this work through the comparison of four different methods: half-power, half-quadratic gain, an adapted version of random decreme... Read More about Aeroelastic damping estimation for a flexible high-aspect-ratio wing.

Identifying resistance in wild and ornamental cherry towards bacterial canker caused by Pseudomonas syringae (2021)
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Hulin, M. T., Vadillo Dieguez, A., Cossu, F., Lynn, S., Russell, K., Neale, H. C., …Harrison, R. J. (2022). Identifying resistance in wild and ornamental cherry towards bacterial canker caused by Pseudomonas syringae. Plant Pathology, 71(4), 949-965. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13513

Bacterial canker is a major disease of stone fruits and is a critical limiting factor to sweet cherry (Prunus avium) production worldwide. One important strategy for disease control is the development of resistant varieties. Partial varietal resistan... Read More about Identifying resistance in wild and ornamental cherry towards bacterial canker caused by Pseudomonas syringae.

Organisational forms of science communication: The UK and Spanish European higher education systems as paradigms (2021)
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Ojeda-Romano, G., Fernández-Marcial, V., Wilkinson, C., & Stengler, A. E. (in press). Organisational forms of science communication: The UK and Spanish European higher education systems as paradigms. Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00801-9

As key elements in research and development systems, higher education institutions have been taking a leading role when it comes to communicating science and technology, but their performance has been inconsistent so far. In this critical and compara... Read More about Organisational forms of science communication: The UK and Spanish European higher education systems as paradigms.

Monologue and organization studies (2021)
Journal Article
Izak, M., Case, P., & Ybema, S. (2022). Monologue and organization studies. Organization Studies, 43(9), https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406211069434

In this essay, we propose that recent work in management and organization studies is typically inclined to understand organization and organizing as dialogic in form. Dialogicity is characterized by dynamic interlocution on the part of active human s... Read More about Monologue and organization studies.

Adopting industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors (2021)
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Srivastava, D. K., Kumar, V., Ekren, B. Y., Upadhyay, A., Tyagi, M., & Kumari, A. (2022). Adopting industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 176, Article 121439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121439

The manufacturing sector needs to focus on social, environmental and technological factors to integrate Industry 4.0 in production planning, logistics and supply chains. Technical Education Institutes (TEIs) can play a key role in achieving this ambi... Read More about Adopting industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors.

Accelerometers-embedded Lycra sleeves to test wear compliance and upper limb activity in people with stroke: A feasibility study (2021)
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Kumar, P., Brodie, S., Molton, J., O'Reilly, R., Steele, J., Pearce, A., …Caleb-Solly, P. (2023). Accelerometers-embedded Lycra sleeves to test wear compliance and upper limb activity in people with stroke: A feasibility study. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 35(2), 122-128. https://doi.org/10.1097/JPO.0000000000000406

Introduction To establish a possible effect of Lycra sleeves, accurate recording of wear time is critical. The aim of this study was to test whether an accelerometer-embedded Lycra sleeve can measure wear compliance and record upper-limb (UL) movemen... Read More about Accelerometers-embedded Lycra sleeves to test wear compliance and upper limb activity in people with stroke: A feasibility study.

Real time control and fabrication of a soft robotic glove by two parallel sensors with MBD approach (2021)
Journal Article
Rakhtala, S. M., & Ghayebi, R. (2022). Real time control and fabrication of a soft robotic glove by two parallel sensors with MBD approach. Medical Engineering and Physics, 100, Article 103743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2021.103743

Soft robotic gloves were designed to aid the rehabilitation process with hand pathologies and coordination of gripping exercises. The main issue in soft robotic actuators is to design a control strategy to overcome deformation in grasping exercises.... Read More about Real time control and fabrication of a soft robotic glove by two parallel sensors with MBD approach.

How street quality influences the walking experience: An inquiry into the perceptions of adults with diverse ages and disabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Bozovic, T., Hinckson, E., Stewart, T., & Smith, M. (2024). How street quality influences the walking experience: An inquiry into the perceptions of adults with diverse ages and disabilities. Journal of Urbanism, 17(1), 111-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2021.2005121

The benefits of walking are now well understood. However, there is still no consensus on what causes people to forego short walking trips. This study examined users’ perceptions on trips usually walked, as well as perceptions of desirable trips withi... Read More about How street quality influences the walking experience: An inquiry into the perceptions of adults with diverse ages and disabilities.

Passive impedance sensing using a SAW resonator-coupled biosensor for zero-power wearable applications (2021)
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Yue, X., Kiely, J., Luxton, R., Chen, B., McLeod, C. N., & Drakakis, E. M. (2022). Passive impedance sensing using a SAW resonator-coupled biosensor for zero-power wearable applications. IEEE Sensors Journal, 22(3), 2347-2357. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3136705

A bio-sensing scheme, which acquires impedance information of a capacitive biosensor by using the reflected RF signal from a surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator connected to the biosensor, is proposed. This technique requires no power to be supplie... Read More about Passive impedance sensing using a SAW resonator-coupled biosensor for zero-power wearable applications.

Reexamining remission definitions in rheumatoid arthritis: Considering the Twenty-Eight–Joint Disease Activity Score, C-reactive protein level, and patient global assessment: Comment on the article by Felson et al (2021)
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Ferreira, R. J., Welsing, P. M. J., Jacobs, J. W. G., Gossec, L., Ndosi, M., Machado, P. M., …Silva, J. A. P. (2022). Reexamining remission definitions in rheumatoid arthritis: Considering the Twenty-Eight–Joint Disease Activity Score, C-reactive protein level, and patient global assessment: Comment on the article by Felson et al. Arthritis Care and Research, 74(3), 501-502. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24843

The effectiveness of e-learning in patient education delivered to patients with rheumatoid arthritis: The WebRA study—protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (2021)
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Raunsbæk Knudsen, L., Lomborg, K., Ndosi, M., Hauge, E. M., & de Thurah, A. (2021). The effectiveness of e-learning in patient education delivered to patients with rheumatoid arthritis: The WebRA study—protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMC Rheumatology, 5(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-021-00226-y

Background: Patient education is integral to the treatment and care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Change is taking place in the organisation of healthcare systems because of a demographic shift towards ageing populations, an increasing use o... Read More about The effectiveness of e-learning in patient education delivered to patients with rheumatoid arthritis: The WebRA study—protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Ensemble metropolis light transport (2021)
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Bashford-Rogers, T., Paulo Santos, L., Marnerides, D., & Debattista, K. (2022). Ensemble metropolis light transport. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 41(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3472294

This article proposes a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) rendering algorithm based on a family of guided transition kernels. The kernels exploit properties of ensembles of light transport paths, which are distributed according to the lighting in the s... Read More about Ensemble metropolis light transport.

Tragic realism: On Karel Kosík’s insight into Kafka (2021)
Journal Article
Tava, F. (2022). Tragic realism: On Karel Kosík’s insight into Kafka. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 53(4), 370-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071773.2021.2015697

The aim of this article is to shed light on the reflections that Czech Marxist philosopher Karel Kosík dedicated to literature, and particularly to the writings of Franz Kafka, from the 1960s to the 1990s. More specifically, this article clarifies wh... Read More about Tragic realism: On Karel Kosík’s insight into Kafka.

Impact of different conflict levels on culturally diversified Japanese organisations’ performance under a collaborative conflict management style (2021)
Journal Article
Nguyen, G., & Kumar, V. (2021). Impact of different conflict levels on culturally diversified Japanese organisations’ performance under a collaborative conflict management style. International Journal of Organizational Business Excellence, 4(2), 71-94

With the increasing globalization, cultural diversity management has emerged as an important issue and it is regarded as a process that helps to maintain a positive workplace environment where the similarities and differences of individuals from diff... Read More about Impact of different conflict levels on culturally diversified Japanese organisations’ performance under a collaborative conflict management style.

Risk and associated factors for hemiplegic shoulder pain in people with stroke: A systematic literature review (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kumar, P., Shah, R., Fernando, C., & Mendoza, D. (2021). Risk and associated factors for hemiplegic shoulder pain in people with stroke: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Stroke, 16(3), 9-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930211059996

Introduction: Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is reported in up to 47% of people with stroke. Since the development of the national guidelines for stroke, the management of HSP has evolved. The aim of this systematic literature review was to explore... Read More about Risk and associated factors for hemiplegic shoulder pain in people with stroke: A systematic literature review.

A hybrid artificial neural network and wavelet packet transform approach for fault location in hybrid transmission lines (2021)
Journal Article
Rezaee Ravesh, N., Ramezani, N., Ahmadi, I., & Nouri, H. (2022). A hybrid artificial neural network and wavelet packet transform approach for fault location in hybrid transmission lines. Electric Power Systems Research, 204, Article 107721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2021.107721

This paper presents a single-ended traveling-wave-based fault location (F.L.) method in a hybrid transmission line (HTL) with an overhead section combined with a cable section. For this, the software has been developed in a MATLAB programming environ... Read More about A hybrid artificial neural network and wavelet packet transform approach for fault location in hybrid transmission lines.

A novel curved gaussian mixture model and its application in motion skill encoding (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, D., Li, G., Zhou, D., & Ju, Z. (2021). A novel curved gaussian mixture model and its application in motion skill encoding. In 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (7813-7818). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS51168.2021.9636121

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel curved Gaussian Mixture Model (CGMM) and to study the application of it in motion skill encoding. Primarily, Gaussian mixture model (GMM) has been widely applied on many occasions when a probability den... Read More about A novel curved gaussian mixture model and its application in motion skill encoding.

COVID-19-related stressors and coping strategies of support staff working with people with learning disabilities (2021)
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Nuttall, A., Douglass, E., & Deering, K. (in press). COVID-19-related stressors and coping strategies of support staff working with people with learning disabilities. Learning Disability Practice, https://doi.org/10.7748/ldp.2021.e2170

Abstract Background During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, support staff working with people with learning disabilities experienced a range of stressors directly related to the effects of the pandemic on themselves and on service... Read More about COVID-19-related stressors and coping strategies of support staff working with people with learning disabilities.